#instrument

I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments. ↗

— William Lilly

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The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past. ↗

— Steve Martin

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I have nothing but love in my heart and everything I say is just an instrument for laughs. ↗

— Jackie Mason

#heart #i #instrument #just #laughs

What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music. ↗

— Roscoe Mitchell

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My first instrument was a little blue ukele. ↗

— Billy Ocean

#first #instrument #little

Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#been #brutal #century #human #human rights

The thing that drives me crazy is when comics say 'I have low self-esteem.' No you don't. You're standing on stage asking people to pay. You don't play an instrument. You want people to pay to hear what's in your mind. You don't have low self-esteem. You might have other problems. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#comics #crazy #drives #hear #i

I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#bass #drum #every #every night #front

The horn . . . is the joint hardest instrument to learn. . . . (The other is the oboe). ↗

— Jasper Rees

#music

It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much. ↗

— Billy Sheehan

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